Door-check



(No Model.)

S. J. VANCE.

DOOR CHECK. No. 467,447. Patented Ja 19. 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

SAMUEL J VANCE, OF HUME, MISSOURI.

DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Nb. 467,447, dated January19, 1892. Application filed August 8,1891- Serial No. 402,112. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. VANCE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hume, in the county of Bates and State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Door-Check, of which the following isaspecification.

This invention relates to that class of devices in builders hardwareknown as doorchecks, and the object of the same is to effect certainimprovements in checks of this char acter.

To this end the invention consists in the specific details ofconstruction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and asillustrated on the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein-- Figure 1 isa perspective view of a door with my improved stop and holder attached.Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the inner end of the holder. Fig. 3is a similar elevation of the halves of the holder separated and turnedso asto exhibit their interiors. Fig. 4 is a central longitudinalsection of the holder, showing its inner end as secured to the baseboardand its outer end as open to receive the stop.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter D designates a door, intowhich is partially turned a screw S, having a hemispherical head andforming the stop which, with the holder described below, forms mydoor-check. The said holder II comprises upper and lower members U andL, the former having at its inner end a downwardly-projecting forkedplate F, closing the inner end of the lower member, and its fingersbeing adapted to take under the head of a screw S, seated in thebase-board or wainscoting WV behind the door. The lower member has atits inner end an ear E, adapted to pass between said fingers and also totake under the screw-head, the body of the member being cut away on itslower face adjacent the car, as at A, to permit the screwhead to sinkthereinto. Through the inner end of the upper member is a hole l-I,communicating with a groove G in the outer face ofthe plate F, and R isa rod of spring metal passing through said hole and turned up, as at R,so as to normally stand within said groove. The body of this rod extendsthroughout the length of the holder, and its other end passes through ahole H" in the lower member L, by which means the latter member is.caused to be normally borne upwardly against the upper member, as seenin Fig. 1. The outerend of the holder is provided with an opening 0,formed by cutting away the meeting edges of the ends of the two members,and this opening, when the members are closed together, is slightly lessin height than the diameter of the stop S. Inside the upper member isformed a lug L, against which thehead of t-hestop strikes when driven.into the opening 0, whereby the door is prevented from coming againstthe end of the holder and being thereby marred, and the lower memberadjacent its half of 'the opening is beveled or inclined, as at I.

In attaching this improved door-check the screw S is first seated in thebase-board or wainscoting W, and the holder,with its members properlyput together, is then engaged beneath the head of this screw, thelatter, if desired, being finally tightened a trifle to hold the holderfirmly in place. At this time the upturned end R of the spring R isprevented from coming out of the groove G, and the ear Eof the lowermember L is prevented from falling. Hence all the parts of the holderare held together. The screw S, which is to be used for the stop, thenhas its head passed through the opening 0 in the outer end of theholder, and the lug L and beveled face I of the members, as well as thespring R, will hold this screw projecting from and in axial alignmentwith the holder. The door D is then swung open, and wherever the pointof the screw embeds the doorthat is the position where the screw must beseated to cause it to work properly in connection with the holder.

The parts of this device .are of any preferred and desired size,material, configuration, and

ornamentation. Indeed, by finishing the holder and stop in nickel thedoor-check forms an ornament to the room rather than otherwise. Thebeveled interior of the outer end of the lower member is such that anordinary screw having a hemispherical head can be used as a stop, andthe head will draw out of the holder when a little force is appliedmanually to close the door.

What is claimed as new is- 1. In a door-check, the combination, with aholder comprising upper and lower semi-tubular members, the outer endsof the members being nearly closed, but leaving an opening, and thelower member having a hole, a flat plate secured to the upper member andclosing the inner end of the holder, said plate having a hole and havingin its outer face a groove leading into said hole, a spring-rod passingthrough said holes in the plate and in the end of the lower member andhaving its inner end turned up and standing normally in saidgroove, andmeans for detachably securing the holder to a wall, of a swing ing doorand a stop projecting therefrom and slightly larger than the normal sizeof said opening, substantially as described.

2. In a door-check, the combination, with a holder comprising upper andlower semi-tn bular members, the outer ends of the members being nearlyclosed, but leaving an opening, and that of the lower member having ahole, a fiat plate secured to the upper member and having a forked endprojecting below the lower member, said plate being provided with a holeand having in its outer face a groove leading upwardly from said hole, aspringrod passing through said holes in the end of the lower member andin the plate and having its inner end turned up and standing normally insaid groove, an ear on the lower member projecting through said fork,thebody of said member being cutaway adjacent said ear, and a screwpassing through the fork into a wall, with its head engaging the prongsof the fork and the back of said ear, of a swinging door and a stopprojecting therefrom and slightly larger than the normal size of saidopening, substantially as described.

3. In a door-check, the combination, with a holder comprising upper andlower semi-tubular members, the outer ends of the members being nearlyclosed, but leaving an opening, a flat plate secured to the inner end ofone member and having a forked end projecting beyond the other member,an ear on the latter member projecting through said fork, the body ofthis member being cut away adjacent the ear, a screw passing through thefork into a wall, with its head engaging the prongs of the fork and theback of said ear, and a spring holding said members together, of aswinging door and a stop projecting therefrom and slightly larger thanthe normal size of said opening, substantially as hereinbeforedescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

. SAMUEL .I. VANCE.

Witnesses:

E. F. HERNDEN, ALMA BERRY.

